Compile the latest Vim 8.0 on RHEL2.6.x

Build_Vim8.0_RHEL2.6.md

Compile the Vim 8.0 on RHEL 2.6.x

$ yum install gcc make ncurses ncurses-devel
$ yum install ruby ruby-devel lua lua-devel luajit \
  luajit-devel ctags git python python-devel \
  python3 python3-devel tcl-devel \
  perl perl-devel perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS \
  perl-ExtUtils-XSpp perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder \
  perl-ExtUtils-Embed
$ yum clean all
$ yum list installed | grep -i vim
  vim-common.x86_64                    2:7.4.160-1.el7                @base  
  vim-enhanced.x86_64                  2:7.4.160-1.el7                @base  
  vim-minimal.x86_64                   2:7.4.160-1.el7                @anaconda

$ yum remove vim-enhanced vim-common Note: You do not need to remove vim-minimal because sudo depends on it.

Build vim:

Download vim source (it is better to get it from GitHub because you can get all the latest patches from there):

$ sudo cp -rv vim /usr/local/src/
$ cd /usr/local/src/vim/

Show the configuration options: $ ./configure --help

Configure: $ sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-features=huge --enable-multibyte --enable-rubyinterp --enable-pythoninterp --enable-perlinterp --enable-luainterp

Build: $ sudo make $ sudo make install re-hash the environment: $ hash -r (make sure you're in the src/vim directory)

Check vim version: $ vim --version | cat VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Oct 18 2017 16:53:32) Included patches: 1-1203

Reference:

https://gist.github.com/junhsieh/5b63a37510621e4868a05f254038d022 http://www.fullybaked.co.uk/articles/installing-latest-vim-on-centos-from-source